Some tracks get made with a plan. This one clearly wasn't one of those.

Some songs try to grab you right away. "Dream" does the opposite. It opens slow, almost hesitant, and lets you sit in that hesitation instead of rushing you toward a hook.

Some bands get their sound from a rehearsal room. The Ruffles got part of theirs from a driveway in Delray Beach, Florida.

Michael Waters is a singer-songwriter based in the UK, and his sound draws influences from adult contemporary, soft rock, pop, and indie ballads.

Elisabeth Grey is a captivating singer-songwriter inspired by life.

This album comes from a year that just kept taking things away.

There's something almost defiant about naming a song "Cyberstalking" and then admitting that it's meant to be lighthearted.

"Luzes de Neon e Tempestade" doesn't try to resolve that tension so much as sit inside it.

"Is It So Hard To Be Good," the new single from Norwegian project PLAYKNOW, doesn’t try to say everything at once.

"Salt", the December 2022 single from Washington, D.C. artist G Sharp BIG 40 is exactly that kind of record.